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Event provides a view into deal-making in the middle market

ACG CT

Finance remains an attractive career choice for many MBA students. The ACG CT Cup’s case study approach...gives participants a hands-on view into deal-making in the middle market as well as networking opportunities with the people doing the deals.

Stamford, CT (PRWEB)February 27, 2013

The Connecticut Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG CT) today announced a March 1 deadline for registration for the fourth annual ACG Connecticut Cup Competition. Students from MBA programs in Connecticut are eligible to participate.

ACG CT President Karin (McKittrick) Kovacic said, “Finance remains an attractive career choice for many MBA students. The ACG Connecticut Cup’s case study approach, judged by a panel comprised of leading middle market M&A professionals from the Connecticut deal-making community, gives participants a hands-on view into deal-making in the middle market as well as networking opportunities with the people doing the deals.”

The judge’s panel, moderated by Ramsey Goodrich, ACG CT Chairman of the Board and Managing Director at Carter Morse & Mathias, are Connecticut's leading M&A professionals and together represent nearly one billion dollars in annual transactions.

The ACG Connecticut Cup is one of 26 ACG Cup programs run by ACG chapters around the country. The ACG Cup has distributed nearly $200,000 in scholarships and awards since the first competition in 2004.

About ACG
Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions for mid to large companies. Leaders in corporations, private equity, finance, and professional service firms focused on building value in their organizations belong to ACG. They recognize the multiple benefits of networking within an influential community of executives growing public and private companies worldwide. For 50 years, ACG members have focused on strategic activities that increase revenues, profits and, ultimately, stakeholder value. Today ACG stands at more than 14,000 members representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid- market companies in 56 chapters in North America, Europe and Asia.

The Connecticut Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG Connecticut) is one of the fastest growing, most vibrant ACG chapters in the country. ACG Connecticut is comprised of close to 300 local professionals focused on middle-market corporate growth (i.e.: mergers and acquisitions, financing opportunities, business development, joint ventures, licensing arrangements, etc.), including a diverse group of private equity funds, intermediaries, lenders, and service providers.